[Bug 235251] New: Setting WPAPSK for a network card is not consistent
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 Summary: Setting WPAPSK for a network card is not consistent Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: RC 5 Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com When trying to set a WPAPSK option for a wireless network card the behaviour of YaST2 is inconsistent. For my Ralink card there are different "models": - YaST2 (via curses) never allows the setting of WPAPSK for the Ralink card exept it had had been configured appropriately before via the graphical YaST2 - YaST2 (via graphical) interface does not allow it at first configuration of the card, but does so at the second configuration. To avoid a M$-ish behaviour I see two options: 1.) there is an editable file with a list of interfaces that are allowed for WPAPSK configuration. 2.) every card can be configured for WPAPSK under any condition. 3.) the user gets an hint that he may or may not be successful in requesting this kind of encryption as only a part of the drivers are supported by Novell / SuSE. If I can help finding the real reasons, let me know! Take care Dieter Jurzitza The current behaviour is hard to understand. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |mzugec@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 mzugec@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de ------- Comment #1 from mzugec@novell.com 2007-01-23 10:15 MST ------- It will be very helpfull to provide screenshots of that problem -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 jsrain@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de | Resolution| |INVALID ------- Comment #2 from jsrain@novell.com 2007-06-07 05:49 MST ------- No input for nearly five months, thus resolving as INVALID. If you can provide requested information, please, reopen. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 ------- Comment #3 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:21 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=145393) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=145393&action=view) Start configuration of rt61 card: Yast detects correctly. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | ------- Comment #4 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:22 MST ------- Sorry, must have missed the information request. Here you go with screenshots (5 different ones) This is an example for a rt61 based card, however, with a rt2500 based card the results are the same, besides the fact that the problem with wlan detection does not appear. I patched sysconfig in such a way that it is possible to use WPA-PSK with both cards from YaST (what is not supported from SuSE for unknown reasons. The problem shows in the dialogs: when you configure the card for the first time, you can only choose either "Offen" or "Gemeinsamer Schlüssel" for it. After leaving YaST and restarting configuration, you can set WPA-PSK as I would have expected. You can see the steps from the jpg's attached. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 ------- Comment #5 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:23 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=145394) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=145394&action=view) This shows that you have to change the network type for rt61 based cards -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 ------- Comment #6 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:24 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=145395) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=145395&action=view) This one actually shows that you have to change Network type -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 ------- Comment #7 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:24 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=145396) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=145396&action=view) Here the first setup: you can choose between "Offen" and "Gemeinsamer Schlüssel" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 ------- Comment #8 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:25 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=145397) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=145397&action=view) After finalizing the configuration with "common key" you simply reconfigure, and here you go. Should have been there from the very begin, isn't it? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #145394|This shows that you have to |The network type for rt61 based cards is description|change the network type for |erratically shown as "Ethernet" not "Drahtlos" |rt61 based cards | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251 ------- Comment #9 from dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de 2007-06-11 13:30 MST ------- My points here: 1.) Both cards (rt2500 and rt61 using the legacy! drivers) are detected correctly. 2.) However, the configuration options for WPA-PSK are not provided (on the first run). Since it takes only a few lines to make sysconfig support both rt61 and rt2500 WPA-PSK for those cards, I do not understand why this is not offered immediatly. You always have to explain people that they have to start configuration twice. Thank you for taking care, and sorry for the delay! Take care Dieter -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c10
michal zugec
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c11
--- Comment #11 from Dieter Jurzitza
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c12
--- Comment #12 from Dieter Jurzitza
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c13
--- Comment #13 from michal zugec
If you configure the card again, voila, you can choose WPA settings. This is a bug. Previous maintainer told me just today about it (you shouldn't configure it because driver doesn't provide it).
For Eth/Wlan detection test please last yast2-network package: https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=152681 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c14
--- Comment #14 from Dieter Jurzitza
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c15
michal zugec
The current suse init concept does not provide an interface to iwpriv. Yes, because we don't want support iwpriv. It uses it's own ioctl calls (ask kernel-maintainers for flame ;-))
Drivers rt61 and rt2500 are unsupported. They don't use wpa_supplicant, but iwpriv instead of. As I discussed with wlan kernel stack maintainer, rt61pci and both rt2500pci do provide WPA PSK. We accept bugreports for rt61pci and both rt2500pci. Sorry Dieter but it was your own decission (I hope ;-)) to do not use distribution drivers, so you have to maintain them in your own. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c16
--- Comment #16 from Dieter Jurzitza
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c17
michal zugec
By the way, a look into ifup-wireless tells you lies: rt61pci / rt2500pci is not included in the switch statement for supported cards. No way for WPA-PSK on anyone of the current stable suse distributions.
Jirko, can you comment this? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235251#c18
--- Comment #18 from Jiri Benc
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